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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
6
Aged farmer Whitbeck, 60, was found slain on his Auburn area farm when neighbors discovered his body near the barn at about 8 p.m. The head showed heavy blows with a four foot sled stake. His parents of six lived alone. motive and assailant unknown.
A county case in Tomah seeks to remove five children aged three to fourteen from Mrs. W. D. Kenbed and place them in an orphans home. Notices were served to the mother and a floor person. the family disappeared on a night train, with authorities puzzled about their direction.
Ward Ferriss, 18, son of Oxcar Perriss, blinded by an ax wound to the right foot while chopping wood two tiles north west of Toledo. The blade severed a tendon and artery, loosening the big toe. He fainted from blood loss as bystanders attempted to reach his home nearby.
A female student, Agnes Ferris of Drake University in Des Moines, woke to a masked burglar under her bed who forced her and escaped with jewelry and money while she was away at a downtown theater. The incident occurred May 4 as the intruder waited until she left.
Foreign students at the State university organize the Cosmopolitan Club, a Town Club branch with chapters in Wisconsin Michigan Pennsylvania and Cornell. Members include Japanese Mexican and Philippine students aimed at increasing acquaintance with other nations institutions.
Charles Raymond, a former convict, posed as various suitors to widows including Mia Bowlby and Mrs. Strayer in a deception that led to a sentence of hard labor for forgery. Police traced a dozen widows writing to him, with two prior penitentiary terms revealed.
Jennie Whitbeck, widow of Arlow Whitbeck, was jailed while attending his funeral near Auburn on charges of complicity in the murder. Longstanding strife existed between Whitbeck and his wife and children, now grown and dispersed. The robbery theory faded as two dogs nearby reportedly did not bark.
Charles Thomas, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Mabel Schofield in Des Moines, lost before the United States Supreme Court. He claimed the Iowa law allowing jury discretion on crime degree violated the Fourteenth Amendment and the Constitution.
Gov Cunmins proclaims Arbor Day for April and various meetings are listed including the State Harpeyiann Society in Des Moines and the Royal Arcanum in Boone. Other items cover a northeastern teachers association convention in Waterloo, Dr Esther Ryerson named at Oskalooga hospital, a forgery arrest at Mare Island, a judicial vacancy contest, a hunting accident near Wallingford, rail survey connecting Mason City and Thorcat City, Illinois Central guilty plea for illegal liquor sales, Iowa delegates naming Holden and Crosley for the national corn exposition, a gang of youthful safeblowers caught in Muscatine, telephone plans for Mine Central, and a fire in Ottumwa causing $500 damage.
The Denver state convention strengthens Bryan influence as twenty six more votes are added to the Bryan column. Nebraska’s platform shapes the national plank with strict instruction to vote against antireform proposals. Claude R Louier presides, John Dennison leads anti Bryan forces, and delegates meet to bind voting unity across districts and for the forthcoming convention.
A tale of James A McNeill Whistler who faced a creditor who threatened legal action over eighteen pounds. A friend lent temporary funds to cover the shortage after Whistler claimed a bank balance showed only a small sum, and the bank clerk verified his balance with a memorandum noting no balance at all.
The readable bits suggest a discussion about whether a plant or something else could thrive under certain conditions and a mention of a dog. The text is garbled and contains unclear names and phrases.
Ambiguous OCR fragment notes a sermon about Genesis and Moses with unclear speakers and sources. The text mentions a rector and a saint, but no verifiable names, dates, places, or concrete events to anchor a full news card.
Trade conditions in Chicago show a more hopeful tone with rising demand in iron, steel, metal and woodworking sectors. Building operations and machinery hiring increase, freight tonnage rises by rail, and wholesale sales for textiles, footwear, wear, and hardware compare favorably to last year. Failures local to the district fall slightly, with notable liabilities over 5 thousand dollars.
Improvement in sentiment and demand continues but restrained by conservative buying of staple goods. Spring trade momentum appears down from earlier expectations, fall trade opening delayed by four to six weeks. Dry goods and wares, especially women's wear, lead the showroom, while textiles show marked production cuts. About 90,000 New England mill workers have wages cut recently, with output at 65 to 70 percent. Prospects suggest fluctuating trade in coming months until yield levels are clear. U S weekly business failures total 298, up from prior weeks, with Canada reporting 30 failures for the period.
Daily commodity table shows mixed Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York and other cities. cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs vegetables are listed with bid ranges, quality grades, and unit prices across regional markets.
A broad canvass shows over one million idle nationwide with New York City alone reporting up to 200,000 unemployed. Union leaders note little destitution among workers despite widespread job loss, with estimates broken out for major cities and states across the country.
Photos show Miss Weed and Miss Marder, longtime friends and Laurens School for Girls founders, who perished in a terrible Boston tragedy. Weed fled a sanitarium before dying by suicide after shooting Miss Marder, a longtime ally. Both were graduates of Wellsley College and had been inseparable colleagues.
Sparks from the Wires notes unofficially that the Southern Railway has laid off about 700 shopmen across several Southern states. In St Petersburg it is reported the Caur has commuted the Routh sentence on Gen. Stoessel. In New York City, the rector of Caco Episcopal Church objects to a Broadway Lexington Avenue tunnel under his church, prompting rerouting to the Wanamaker building beneath it.
A fragmented list of historical milestones and incidents across years, from Plymouth treaty with Indians in 1621 to 1907 floods in Pittsburgh and marines landing in Honduras, noting battles, explorations, political changes, and disasters with scattered names and places.
Montana stockmen brace for extra heavy cattle shipments as cattle come through a strong winter. Helena register deposits $192.71 to state funds for educational institutions. A De Moines company faces a demand to supply electric lights to farmers along a high tension line. North Dakota delegates unite to back durum wheat prices and organize growers associations. Wisconsin Ta Crosse County fair supports establishing a state agricultural school with $11,000 in county aid.
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